From a 5,500-year-old human shinbone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, providing the oldest evidence yet that the disease has ancient roots in the ...

One year after President Trump announced it, the U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Infectious disease experts call the decision "scientifically reckless." ...

A previously unknown strain of syphilis bacteria has been discovered in human remains in Colombia, dating back 5,500 years.

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The discovery, led by evolutionary genomics researcher Davide Bozzi, pushes back the evidence for treponemal diseases, as ...

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four ...

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Where some cities fade away with time, others are deliberately erased and destroyed. Deep within Central Asia, a chilling ...

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A genetic analysis has linked most cases from Kerala’s 2024 mpox outbreak to international travel from the United Arab ...

New Delhi, Cases from Kerala's 2024 mpox outbreak have been linked primarily to international travel from the United Arab ...